Hay and fodder fork



(No Model.)

Z. S. & M. C. RANDLEMAN.

HAY AND FODDBR FORK. No. 384,281. Patented June 12, 1888.

tlnrrEo STATES Pmenr nnce ZUAVE S. RANDLEMAN AND MARTIN C. RANDLEHAN, OF CARLISLE, IO\VA.

HAY AND FODDER FORK.

SPBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,281, dated June 12, 1888.

Application filed Jmmnry 16, 1888. Serial No. 260.8023. (X model.)

T0 (ZZ whom it may concern: the construction und combination of the dif- Be it known that we, ZOUAVE S. RANDLE- ferent parts. MAN and MARTIN C. RANDLEMAN, citizcns of A is a bifurcuted section of the handle, the United States of Americo, and residents of about fit'teen inches long, made complete in 5 Cerlisle, in the connty of W'nrren and State of one piece of mnlleable iron, or lorged out of Iowa, have inreuted 2L new and useful Fork wrought metal, in such n mnnner that operforl[andliug Corn-1*odder, Hay, &e., of which ntive tines con be pivoted to the two purallel the following is a specification. bars b b und n wooden handle fixed to their Heretofore tines have been fixed to the lower united ends or sockets r. or front end of o handle in such e manner that (Z is a curved metal tine or lover of the third that they would project forward, so that they order, pivoted between the free ends of the could be thrust into hay and other material, bars b by means of a rivet or bolt. and a second series of pivoted tines or a clasp f is a lover of the first order, pivoted near then presscd forward upon the matter to clnmp the united ends of the bars b. It has {L T end 15 it fast upon the forwnrdlyprojcctiug fixed or head, g, from which project two or more tines thrust through or under the matter, curred tines, l.

Our object is to provideahand-fork that con J is en crm fixed to the end of the leverf be thrust into a heep or shock of corn-fodder, iu such n ma.nner that it will extend nt right and the forwnrdlyprojecting tinc then swnng nngles therefrom und parullel with the wooden 20 beckwurd to serve es n hook to pull beckwerd handle 7:: when the pivoted parts nre closed and to sepurate some of the fodder from the upon e. hunch of fodder that is to be hnndled. mass, while ut the same ti me hiuged tines are m is a connecliug-rod that extends from the swung forward to enguge and clasp the fodder tinc and lover d to the lover f in such fl. man thus sepnrated and hold it seenrely, so it can ner that whcnever poweris applied to thelong 2 be hendled, carried, und tossed as readily es crm J of the leverf the two lerers will he hay is moved about by means 0fa handfork. jointly opcrnted. There is no hand-fork known that is well l0 prepare the [ork to seize fodder thereadapted to be used for handling such slippery with, the arm J is turned outward end Lt right farm product, and our object is to avoid the angles to the handle K, to thercby move the 30 disngrecnble luoor of npplying the hands ditines Z and 7L iu opposite directions, so that rect to such matter, and to provides fork that the tinc (Z will project forward end in proper con be readily operated by a person for seizposition to be thrnst into it mass of fodder in ing and lifting end moving unbound fodder, n shock, on n wagon, or in a harn. A fter the hay, and nunlogous products that must behnnpointed Line is forced into the material, a, re- 35 dled. verse motion of the arm J will cause the tines Our invention consists in the construction d and IL to swing toward each other and to and operation of the forl: hereiuufter set f0rth, clnsp all the nxaterinl between them, so that it pointed out in our claims, and illustrated in can be rendily lifted and carried end tossed 83 the nccompnnying druwings, in which by means of the forl:, es required to handle 4o Figure 1 is {L top view of the metal portion such material, without the direct nppliention of our fork-handle. Fg. 2 is a side view of the hands. showing the complete fork in en open position, \Ve claim as our inventionas required to he when thrust into a mass of 1. A forl: for handling cornfodder, corngn cornl'odder iu e shock, heap, or stack. Fig. prising n long straight handle having a tinc ,5 3 shows it in n closed position, as required to hinged to its lower end, an elbowshnped lever retain fodder or other products seized thereby. pivotcd to the sume handle at some distance Fig. et is n perspective view showing clearly from the piv'oted tinc, two or more times fixed rod, m, constructed and combined substan- 10 t-ially as shown and described, for the purposes stated.

ZOUAVE'S. RANDLEMAN. MARTN C. RANDLEMAN.

Vitnesses:

MARTIN P. SMITH, THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

